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MattSchimel


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Cylindricalwitha

diameter

of

1

nanometer. re eore ca y

timesasstrongassteel,buthaveonlytestedto

e8times

stronger.

Theyare1/6thedensity.

Veryhighthermal

conductivityalong

the

u esax s.


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Whyincorporatenanotechnologyintobuilding

materials?

Constructionindustryisa 1

trillionayearindustry.

mproves es reng o

steelandconcrete.

surface.

Has insulatin ro erties.


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Iscombinedwithcopper

Benefits

in

Steel nanoparticles.

thestrengthandincreases

.

Allowsforincreased

flexibilityand

increases

the

Wouldbe

very

useful

in

r ges ecauseo t e

bettercorosion protection.


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StandardHighStrengthBolts

Createdthrough

the

process

of

quenching

and

.

Failureiscausedbyhydrogeninteractingwiththestressedsteeltocausethemtobecome

HighStrengthBoltsEnhancedwithNanotechnology evana umnanopar c e sa e ur ng e org ngprocess.

Itimprovesthesteelmicrostructureanddelaysthebreaktime.


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Nano particlesonlyallowsmall

cracksto

form.

Carbonnano tubesareaddedto

theconcrete

mixture.

Theparticlesmendthemselves

whentheyencounterwater.

Thehydrogeninthewaterhelps

Thefinishedproducthas1%

CNTs tothe99%standard

concrete.

theparticles

form

the

broken

hydrogenbonds.

Canhandle

an

additional

25

N/mm.

Strengthenedconcrete

has

500%

the

tensilestrengthofnormalconcrete.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090422175336.htm

Crackswill

repair

themselves

whenwaterisadded.http://www.aggregateresearch.com/article.aspx?id=19043


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e c ean ng 2coa e glass.

Improveglass

strength

TheTiO2attractswatertothewindowsurface

allowingforglasstowithstandhighwindsorevendebrisdurin

bewashedaway.

hurricanes. Bothstrengthenedandself

available.

Ex:awindow

with

BIOCLEAN

coating.


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Nano particles haveeven

Fire

and

heat

protection een

use

to

create

re

protectiveglass.

AsmalllayerofSiO2nano

particlesare

placed

betweentwolayersoflass.

Othercoatings

are

being

theheattransferredfromThis

is

an

example

of

glass

that

can

other..

itstillallowstheheattotravelthrough.


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gy

WiFiblockingpaintwouldcreateamoresecurenetworkbyallowingforonlyacertainareatobecovered.

Selfcleaningpaint.(foruseontheoutsideofbuildings)

a ntconta n ngnanosensorscanmon tort etemperature.


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UV/IRfilteringand

reflecting

windowsfor

controlofunwantedsolar

heat.

windowwashers.

Lowering

the

Operating

Costs

of

the

Buildings Thestronger

concrete

and

andrepaircosts.


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anoconcrete smore reresistantthantheorganic

ol mersthat

are

currentl

addedtoconcrete.

Researchersarecurrently

oo ng

nto

nano

sensors

thatcanwarnoffires,structural roblems oriftheairisdangerousto

breathe. Nanosensorsarecurrent y

usedtomonitorcellsinthehumanbod .


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an e angerous ohumanhealthifthe

particlesbecome

airborne.

Mostcurrentusesof

buildingshave

proven

to

besafe.

Suchsmallamountsare

used,mostly

coatings

for

,chanceofthemaffectingapersonisverylow.


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Nanotechnolo

usedto

roduce

an

ima e

on

aclear

lass

surface.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxja1lkZk

SelfCleaningGlass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5EVzi7U9yQ&NR=1


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http://www.azonano.com/details.asp?ArticleID=88http://www.ravensbyglass.co.uk/self_cleaning_glass.cfm

http://theconstructor.org/concrete/applicationofnanotechnologyincivil

engineering/5255/

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090422175336.htm

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